Charles Jeffrey Loverboy: Menswear AW19
You can’t argue with London’s “soft power”. For a relatively small global city, we punch well above our weight. The capital’s creative voice, and the influence it commands, is respected (and envied) by cities around the world. But it’s the
From Issue 61: Richard Gray Talks To Carla Sozzani On 50 Years of Fashion Gold
Carla Sozzani probably doesn't have time to go back to her hotel and change for tonight's event. "I'll more than likely wear this," she says, then pulls at a lovely black number from last winter. it's one of may designer
From Issue 48 of Ten Men: Richard Gray Interviews Adrian Joffe, Shopkeeper to the Alternatives
At 18 Haymarket, bang opposite the Empire cinema, now showing the stage production of Noël Coward’s brief encounter (A Kneehigh Production, ****, The Guardian) is Dover Street Market. A double-fronted, grade II-Listed building and select store: a purveyor of very
Comme Des Garçons: Ready-To-Wear SS19
It was an essay to the expectant mother. A soft and padded cotton lozenge-shaped form was strapped on to a model’s tummy and hidden under a jumpsuit. The jumpsuit was zipped open on the tummy (left-to-right) to reveal the bump
Noir Kei Ninomiya: Ready-To-Wear SS19
A symphony in cellophane and other materials: Noir designer Kei Ninomiya manoeuvred and twisted and folded all kinds of plastics and Polythene into clear duster coats and traced around the seams of a leather bomber were intricate plaits. “There were
Issey Miyake: Ready-To-Wear SS19
It was a glimpse inside the artist’s studio at Issey Miyake. Had designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae channelled a painter who’d accidentally brushed against one of her canvases? The digitally printed tops, jackets and skirts would suggest so. So intense was the paint
Loewe: Ready-To-Wear SS19
Opened in 1958, the Maison de L’Unesco in Paris, was created as a centre to educate visitors on culture and art and to serve as an arts centre for the city. The listed building was a fitting home to an
Christopher Kane: Ready-to-Wear SS19
There’s always a porthole into “the now” in a Christopher Kane show; the designer is one of fashion’s super-observers. A man with an eye on who we are and how we live. For Spring Kane looked to the pedestrian and everyday;
Nicholas Kirkwood: Ready-to-Wear SS19
Last night’s incredible Nicholas Kirkwood show marks his return to London after seasons of static presentations in Paris. And what a return: for his first ever fashion show, Kirkwood dressed his West London venue with glitchy TV screens, which played ominous
Roland Mouret: Ready-to-Wear SS19
Roland Mouret speaks an elevated language of design. This morning’s show, a first look at his SS19 collection, pitched tailoring against evening wear with dead easy daywear blousons. The fabrics - always top-drawer at the house - came to life
Warning: Supreme has Collabed with Comme Des Garçons SHIRT
The great meets the really really good. Yes, yes we bang on about Supreme a lot, but this New York-based brand which operates at a fascinating and ever-changing crosscurrent of street style and skatewear, is always up to something to
FROM ISSUE 61: TEN PEOPLE TO MEET BY MICHAEL HALPERN
It’s been just over two years since Michael Halpern, a Parsons and Central Saint Martins grad, first showed his standout final-year collection, a sparkly and beautifully executed ode to disco, a new glamour and, of course, the joy of dressing
Kenzo: Menswear Spring/ Summer 2019
You are requested to “gather and unify” in celebration of the presentation of Kenzo Spring Summer 2019 said the invitation: a mix of men’s and women’s high fashion, bags, sneakers and shoes from the design duo Humberto Leon and Carol
Dunhill: Menswear Spring/ Summer 2019
In the Dunhill London flagship store, there is a spa and grooming area; you can buy clothes and have a drink and lunch and so on. If a gentleman’s club were a brand it would be this. It’s “catered for”